Fuck, this show is making me consider keeping HBO after True Blood ends instead of switching to Showtime for Dexter. It looks so fucking good. Buscemi + Michael Shannon + Scorsese being kinda involved is just unreal. All the footage I've seen is amazing. I'm probably sticking with Dexter, but I will certainly try to attain this show by any means necessary.

Fuck, this show is making me consider keeping HBO after True Blood ends instead of switching to Showtime for Dexter. It looks so fucking good. Buscemi + Michael Shannon + Scorsese being kinda involved is just unreal. All the footage I've seen is amazing. I'm probably sticking with Dexter, but I will certainly try to attain this show by any means necessary.

I VERY STRONGLY doubt that this will be better than Dexter, You'd be mad to switch over.

Well doesn't every show have to have a point? what would be the point of us never knowing the identity of the killer? It would mean there being two serial killers at large for season two, thus knackering up the rest of the series.

Then again, it's all personal choice. I have no doubt that this show will be good, but I just have a niggling feeling that it wont be 'great'. I hope it proves me wrong, I love the era it is set and I want to see the show last.

Well doesn't every show have to have a point? what would be the point of us never knowing the identity of the killer? It would mean there being two serial killers at large for season two, thus knackering up the rest of the series.

yes at some point. i didn't like the character. it was hardly a shock when they revealed his true identity. thought the whole thing pretty weak, case of typical yank studio playing it safe

can't understand why you wouldn't think what you have seen so far to be great but whatevs, to each his own and that

dexter has nothing on this. dexter got dull after they showed the serial killer in the first season, i passed on it after that

you can tell by the trailer and footage alone that this is quality. hbo hold it down

sopranos, oz, the wire, curb, carnivale, deadwood piss all over dexter. why wouldn't this. just look at the people involved, compared to the tacky bunch of no name cast and crew seen in dexter

crazy talk

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Dexter is one of, if not the best show on television. Michael C. Hall is brilliant as Dexter and so is the rest of the cast. Boardwalk Empire looks good, but let's not knocking off other show so quickly before this show has even aired.

Dexter is one of, if not the best show on television. Michael C. Hall is brilliant as Dexter and so is the rest of the cast. Boardwalk Empire looks good, but let's not knocking off other show so quickly before this show has even aired.

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maybe i slightly overreacted, but it was actually heisenberg who dismissed boardwalk empire first. to say that it won't be as good as dexter is a massive insult in my book

I have to say that the identity of the serial killer in Dexter is not tantamount to that most important thing about TV shows: characters. Dexter is so great and successful because the characters are fantastic. So a plot twist wasn't all it was built up to be. It's not about the twist, it's about the journey and the characters you are on that journey with. All of my favorite dramas (be it Battlestar Galactica, The Wire, Sons of Anarchy, Farscape, Dexter or True Blood), I care about the characters first and foremost. The only episode I truly did not like of BSG was simply because it took a character to a place that didn't feel natural.
That is what I'm hoping Boardwalk Empire will bring to the table, as great actors, a great director and great production values for a good story can only get you so far. We need great characters as well. However, let's just wait and see before we start grading it against other shows.

At the end of the day Dexter really is a pulpy show. It wears a veneer of polish but it still gets a bit redundant and never covers any new ground. It's entertaining. I'll give it that, but I think this show though has greater potential. It looks like Scorsese and Winter really crafted an entire 1920's world. The cast is a vast ocean of talent. Solid actors who all cut their teeth on film and theater. It already seems very layered, and will deal with the various levels of the organizations. That's more of my cup of tea. The kind of stuff people like Scorsese or Michael Mann deal with in their work.

At the end of the day Dexter really is a pulpy show. It wears a veneer of polish but it still gets a bit redundant and never covers any new ground. It's entertaining. I'll give it that, but I think this show though has greater potential. It looks like Scorsese and Winter really crafted an entire 1920's world. The cast is a vast ocean of talent. Solid actors who all cut their teeth on film and theater. It already seems very layered, and will deal with the various levels of the organizations. That's more of my cup of tea. The kind of stuff people like Scorsese or Michael Mann deal with in their work.

danke cap-a, a more rational response

i came across a little too aggressive so for that i apologise. i do not hate on dexter, but i was certainly disappointed in the way the narrative was handled mid way through the first season. his sexual relationship with the single mother i didn't care for and i found the ice truck killer pretty uninteresting

it is safe to say that boardwalk empire will have truly great characters, afterall it's written by terrence winter who wrote on sopranos

maybe i slightly overreacted, but it was actually heisenberg who dismissed boardwalk empire first. to say that it won't be as good as dexter is a massive insult in my book

I actually wasn't dismissing this show at all. The guy I quoted has watched Dexter since it started and was contemplating switching channels just before a new season od Dexter starts just to see this (which may not be that good)

I was mearly suggesting that he stick with a show that he allready watches, rather than risking it on a brand new one. Personally don't see a problem with this a all.

I actually wasn't dismissing this show at all. The guy I quoted has watched Dexter since it started and was contemplating switching channels just before a new season od Dexter starts just to see this (which may not be that good)

I was mearly suggesting that he stick with a show that he allready watches, rather than risking it on a brand new one. Personally don't see a problem with this a all.

but there is a problem with your statement friendo, as boardwalk empire is guaranteed gold dust. you'd have to be foolish not to recognise the class in this production

critics that have seen the first few eps are already saying it's the best show on tv